Just got back from Titos. They were delicious as always! The picture below is 12 tacos, a bean and cheese burrito, chips and salsa and a Pepsi in the background. My buddy and I both ate 5 tacos while the wife ate 2. They were so good tonight, I seriously think I could have ate about 8. They had a tad less meat in them as usual but they were less greasy than usual too. Whatever it was, they were fantastic tonight! They are unique for sure and are the best hard shelled beef tacos you can get anywhere IMO.

My local mom and pop Mexican places serves up their tacos with cilantro and onions, no cheese. You have to order taco Americano to get cheese. My favorite is al pastor served Mexican style, marinated pork.

Here is a recipe for Tito's salsa that someone gave me. I haven't tried it so I don't know if it's similar or not. Also seems to me that Tito's salsa may have some Mexican Oregano in it which this recipe lacks:

Tito’s Tacos Salsa

8 Roma tomatoes 1 1/2 small pickled jalapenos One pickled carrot from the jalapeno can One thin slice of white onion Juice from 1/4 lime About a tsp of salt Ten or so dashes of pepper

Just put it all in a blender or food processor and process to desired consistancy.

Marlene, we stopped at Tito's before catching our flight back home last week. It definitely wasn't like other Mexican places we've been -- more of an old-school Mex place, like when Mexican food first arrived in America. Would you agree with that assessment? Chris

Chris, I'm so glad that you stopped there. Did you like what you ordered?

I'd say it's very similar old school Mexican fast food.

My very first introduction to tacos was in Tijuana when I was about eight... Hard Shell just like Tito's.

It wasn't until years later that soft shell tacos and cilantro made their way to Southern California but by then I'd had them in Tijunana.

Tito's original location was right next to them on the corner of Washington and Sepulveda. That location was quickly rented to another Mexican restaurant which is now called Cinco de Mayo. Cinco de Mayo was originally (after Tito's) called Lucy's.

They're very different from each other and both seem to do well but I've never seen a line at the old location.

It's a great corner but Tito's needed a larger location with a larger kitchen.

Tito's has an interesting history which I grew up with. Many years ago there was an intersection in the Culver City area a few miles south of where Tito's is now. There was a shopping/restaurant area called Airport Village. It was eaten up by the building of the San Diego Freeway now called I405.

One of the restaurant owners, (Not Mexican) reinvented himself as Tito's with a new menu invented by one of his employees... Amado Madera who happens to be the man with the white mustache.

The menu has hardly changed since I started going there in the early sixties except for the prices and tamales.

I'm not a fan of Tito's Taco's taco. I do like that their bean and cheese burritos have no rice added. I hate that so many places now added rice as a filler. All it does is add to the size and adds nothing to the flavor. If I want rice, I want it on the side.